It’s an ok language, probably better than most of the ones out there. However it’s severely crippled by the lack of general higher-order functions; blocks are nice syntax-wise but semantically arbitrary. Python, while lacking most of Ruby’s ergonomic syntax, surpasses it in that area. If you like Ruby, I’d suggest trying Lisp.
secretman's Life List
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1. become enlightened
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2. exercise regularly
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3. unify physics
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4. get laid
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5. get rid of unnecessary possessions
1 cheer810 people -
6. SLEEP...sleep better, sleep longer, sleep more, sleep earlier
265 people -
7. get a six pack
2,782 people -
8. Learn a martial art
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9. Watch "The Wizard of Oz" at the same time as listening to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon"
421 people -
10. become better at small-talk
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11. live comfortably
83 people -
12. get a scholarship
445 people -
13. learn to shoot a gun
439 people -
14. Learn another language
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15. Get a PhD
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16. win the Nobel Prize in Physics
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17. Trace my family tree
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18. Learn the Napoleon Dynamite dance
1,206 people -
19. meditate regularly
723 people -
20. stop procrastinating
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21. watch the IMDB.com Top 250 movies
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22. record my dreams
330 people -
23. master lucid dreaming
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24. Read the Bible
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25. Kiss in the rain
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26. Fall in love
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27. teach
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28. have no fear
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29. watch every episode of Star Trek: TOS
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30. solve a rubiks cube
449 people -
31. learn the 3rd movement of Moonlight Sonata
1 person
How I did it
How I did it: It started merely because I had an experience that I could not explain satisfactorily in a naturalistic framework. The only explanations were to be found in Buddhism. As my faith as grown, so has the depth of my experiences, and there is no turning back. Read how I did it…
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“Being cool” means something totally different (and way better) post-high school.
If we’re talking high school cool, then I gave up on it, lol.
